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Liam Byrne vs Gareth Bacon

A side-by-side comparison of voting participation, party rebellion, topic focus, and recent voting overlap.

Photograph of Liam Byrne
Liam Byrne
Lab Birmingham Hodge Hill and Solihull North
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Photograph of Gareth Bacon
Gareth Bacon
Con Orpington

Voting alignment

Liam Byrne and Gareth Bacon voted the same way 3% of the time, based on 919 shared comparable votes.

28 same votes 891 different votes 919 shared votes

Alignment only includes divisions where both MPs recorded an Aye or No vote. Tellers, absences, abstentions, and missing votes are excluded.

Topic alignment

Closest by topic
16 Aye 17 No
Benefits 6% aligned 33 shared votes
15 Aye 18 No
12 Aye 8 No
NHS / Health 5% aligned 20 shared votes
9 Aye 11 No
20 Aye 8 No
Energy 4% aligned 28 shared votes
9 Aye 19 No
26 Aye 5 No
Education 3% aligned 31 shared votes
6 Aye 25 No
24 Aye 93 No
Migration 3% aligned 117 shared votes
90 Aye 27 No
Most different by topic
29 Aye 21 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 50 shared votes
21 Aye 29 No
24 Aye 23 No
Brexit / EU 0% aligned 47 shared votes
23 Aye 24 No
28 Aye 10 No
Foreign Affairs 0% aligned 38 shared votes
10 Aye 28 No
18 Aye 19 No
Devolution / Local Government 0% aligned 37 shared votes
19 Aye 18 No
21 Aye 15 No
Defence 0% aligned 36 shared votes
15 Aye 21 No

Topic alignment uses local topic tags, so a division can count towards more than one topic.

Voting record

65.0 %
8 % below average
Rank 521 of 648
Participation
87.9 %
15 % above average
Rank 59 of 648
1,502
2,312 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,401
1,594 eligible divisions
846
56.3 % of votes cast
Aye votes
683
48.8 % of votes cast
656
43.7 % of votes cast
No votes
718
51.2 % of votes cast
6
0.4 % of votes cast
Against party
5
0.4 % of votes cast
21 years, 10 months
Since 15 Jul 2004
Commons service
6 years, 5 months
Since 12 Dec 2019

Debates

36
-24.4 vs Commons average
Rank 447 of 648
Appearances
42
-18.4 vs Commons average
Rank 393 of 648
60
-48.9 vs Commons average
Rank 405 of 648
Contributions
53
-55.9 vs Commons average
Rank 436 of 648

Debate figures cover imported Hansard debate appearances from the last 12 months.

Financials and interests

£3,073,714
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£1,123,891
all imported IPSA years
£280,258
24 % above average
Latest expenses
£268,955
19 % above average
4
3 registered categories
Registered interests
2
2 registered categories
0
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
0
matched sponsored bills

Expenses use IPSA totals for financial year 2024-25. Sponsored bill counts depend on currently imported bill sponsor metadata.

Most active voting topics

Environment / Climate
39 of 45 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
63 of 63 votes
Foreign Affairs
59 of 69 votes
#2
Trade
49 of 50 votes
Brexit / EU
175 of 211 votes
#3
Migration
145 of 152 votes
Work / Employment
60 of 75 votes
#4
Work / Employment
62 of 65 votes
Migration
131 of 169 votes
#5
Environment / Climate
39 of 41 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No
Steel Industry (Nationalisation) Bill: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading 21 May 2026
Aye
Aye
King's Speech Motion for an Address 20 May 2026
No
No
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (p) 20 May 2026
Aye
No
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (o) 20 May 2026
Aye
No
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (i) 19 May 2026
Aye
Aye
Pension Schemes Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendments 15 to 24, 27, 30 to 34, 36, 38 to 42, 83 and 88, insist on Amendments 88C, 88E to 88P, 88R, 88S and 88W, and propose Amendments (a) to (j) in lieu of Amendments 88A, 88T, 88U and 88V 28 Apr 2026
Benefits
No
No
Privilege 28 Apr 2026
Aye
Aye
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill: Carry-over motion 27 Apr 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
Aye
Pension Schemes Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendments 15 to 24, 27, 30 to 34, 36, 38 to 42, 83 and 88, insist on its Amendments 88A, 88C and 88E to 88P and propose Amendments (a) to (f) 27 Apr 2026
Benefits
No
Aye
English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill: Amendments (a) to (h) in lieu of Lords Amendments 85 and 86, 97 to 116, 120, 121 and 123 27 Apr 2026
Devolution / Local Government
No
Where they voted the same
No
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (l) 20 May 2026
No
No
Sentencing Bill Committee: New Clause 30 21 Oct 2025
Crime / Justice
No
No
Universal Credit and Personal Independence Payment Bill Committee: New Clause 8 9 Jul 2025
Benefits
No
No
Universal Credit and Personal Independent Payment Bill Committee: Amendment 39 9 Jul 2025
Benefits
No
Aye
Terrorism Act 2000 (Proscribed Organisations) (Amendment) Order 2025 2 Jul 2025
Crime / Justice
Aye
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Third Reading 20 Jun 2025
No
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading 29 Nov 2024
No
No
Safety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) Bill Committee: Amendment 23 17 Jan 2024
Migration
No
No
Safety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) Bill Committee: Amendment 19 16 Jan 2024
Migration
No
No
Safety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) Bill Committee: Amendment 10 16 Jan 2024
Migration
No
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